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Top names in Florida

The names most likely to appear on 1941 Florida birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 32,788 Florida births in 1941 across 731 distinct names.

Distinctively Florida

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Florida more than they say America.

#81Delorisoutside the national top 200
#66Nathaniel#182 nationally
#66Gwendolyn#168 nationally
#96Johnnie#192 nationally
#63Rosa#154 nationally
#55Freddie#138 nationally
#88Minnie#166 nationally
#46Yvonne#120 nationally
#57Johnnie#131 nationally
#70Lillie#144 nationally
#61Bernice#133 nationally
#64Willie#136 nationally

Girls

#1Mary908US #1
#2Barbara626US #2
#3Betty546US #7
#4Patricia504US #3
#5Linda328US #5
#6Shirley311US #10
#7Dorothy295US #14
#8Carolyn292US #11
#9Sandra270US #9
#10Joyce267US #13
#11Margaret247US #12
#12Gloria206US #26
#13Martha206US #25
#14Frances194US #31
#15Nancy194US #8
#16Judith186US #6
#17Elizabeth182US #21
#18Helen173US #24
#19Annie167US #59
#20Carol161US #4
#21Virginia145US #23
#22Judy143US #16
#23Alice127US #34
#24Sharon127US #15
#25Evelyn118US #50
#26Joan113US #17
#27Sarah113US #60
#28Sylvia112US #65
#29Doris105US #38
#30Janice104US #22
#31Ruth103US #28
#32Beverly93US #29
#33Catherine92US #51
#34Juanita92US #84
#35Ann88US #37
#36Brenda87US #41
#37Peggy86US #39
#38Norma83US #47
#39Charlotte82US #55
#40Mildred81US #64
#41Ruby80US #69
#42Geraldine79US #45
#43Jean76US #32
#44Donna75US #20
#45Delores73US #80
#46Yvonne73US #120
#47Bonnie72US #33
#48Emma72US #99
#49Louise72US #62
#50Wanda72US #53
#51Marilyn71US #30
#52Marie70US #42
#53Janet68US #18
#54Ethel66US #116
#55Julia65US #88
#56Lois65US #43
#57Thelma64US #108
#58Jo63US #66
#59Susan63US #27
#60Vivian63US #113
#61Bernice61US #133
#62Edna61US #89
#63Rosa60US #154
#64Willie59US #136
#65Glenda58US #96
#66Gwendolyn58US #168
#67Patsy58US #52
#68Rose57US #49
#69Josephine55US #92
#70Lillie55US #144
#71Edith54US #103
#72Jeanette54US #98
#73Annette53US #128
#74Ella52US #141
#75Hazel52US #131
#76Phyllis52US #35
#77Jacqueline51US #73
#78Marjorie50US #71
#79Laura49US #115
#80Clara48US #111
#81Deloris48
#82Gladys48US #118
#83Anna47US #56
#84Lillian47US #104
#85Eleanor46US #78
#86Audrey45US #117
#87Gail45US #68
#88Minnie45US #166
#89Bertha44US #140
#90Joann44US #58
#91Bobbie43US #145
#92Eva43US #135
#93Katherine43US #85
#94Margie43US #122
#95Mattie43US #164
#96Johnnie42US #192
#97June42US #90
#98Sally42US #61
#99Sara42US #124
#100Carole40US #48

Boys

#1James1,196US #1
#2Robert904US #2
#3William821US #4
#4John818US #3
#5Charles615US #6
#6Willie372US #36
#7Richard369US #5
#8Thomas337US #8
#9George336US #13
#10David321US #7
#11Donald267US #10
#12Joseph260US #12
#13Ronald211US #9
#14Edward182US #17
#15Larry172US #11
#16Henry169US #28
#17Jerry166US #14
#18Kenneth161US #15
#19Paul159US #18
#20Frank154US #21
#21Raymond143US #22
#22Walter143US #26
#23Michael139US #16
#24Ralph127US #38
#25Joe124US #30
#26Arthur120US #33
#27Johnny117US #55
#28Eugene115US #42
#29Billy114US #27
#30Roy114US #39
#31Jimmy108US #45
#32Bobby104US #35
#33Albert102US #40
#34Jack97US #32
#35Samuel97US #65
#36Carl96US #29
#37Ernest96US #61
#38Wayne95US #37
#39Harry93US #48
#40Earl91US #58
#41Clarence90US #62
#42Eddie90US #78
#43Harold85US #24
#44Daniel84US #31
#45Gerald81US #20
#46Lawrence77US #34
#47Jimmie76US #89
#48Herbert74US #76
#49Tommy74US #71
#50Howard69US #47
#51Gary68US #19
#52Fred67US #43
#53Leroy66US #67
#54Andrew63US #82
#55Freddie63US #138
#56Curtis62US #100
#57Johnnie60US #131
#58Stephen59US #41
#59Charlie58US #115
#60Clifford58US #94
#61Melvin58US #56
#62Clyde56US #113
#63Louis56US #50
#64Leonard55US #54
#65Marvin55US #63
#66Nathaniel54US #182
#67Gene53US #72
#68Alfred51US #74
#69Ronnie51US #79
#70Leon50US #93
#71Norman50US #49
#72Allen47US #73
#73Douglas47US #53
#74Cecil46US #132
#75Herman46US #114
#76Lewis46US #109
#77Ray46US #83
#78Theodore46US #95
#79Dennis45US #23
#80Franklin45US #98
#81Jesse44US #99
#82Edwin43US #97
#83Benjamin42US #124
#84Frederick42US #69
#85Anthony41US #46
#86Lee41US #81
#87Warren40US #105
#88Don39US #66
#89Calvin38US #133
#90Russell38US #75
#91Stanley38US #57
#92Glenn37US #86
#93Phillip37US #77
#94Wallace37US #155
#95Alvin36US #107
#96Bill36US #68
#97Francis36US #60
#98Lonnie35US #148
#99Peter35US #44
#100Bernard34US #87

On the move since 1940

Rising

↑63Sharon#24
↑43Brenda#36
↑38Stephen#58
↑28Janet#53
↑28Clifford#60
↑26Patsy#67
↑25Ella#74
↑25Daniel#44

Falling

↓45Sally#98
↓29Jeanette#72
↓28Joann#90
↓26Willie#64
↓26Lee#86
↓23Annette#73
↓23Franklin#80
↓21Marilyn#51

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1940 rankings.